IP Library Granted Patent US 12,501,645
Granted Patent B2
US 12,501,645 · App. 17/814,683 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Ze-Sian Lu (Hsinchu, TW); Ting-Wei Chiang (New Taipei, TW); Pin-Dai Sue (Tainan, TW); Jung-Hsuan Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Hui-Wen Li (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
H10D30/611H10D30/023H10D30/6215H10D30/6735H10D84/856H10D88/00H10B63/84H10D84/853
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Patent No.
US 12,501,645
App. No.
17/814,683
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a first multi-gate field effect transistor (FET) disposed over a substrate, the first multi-gate FET including a first active region; and a second multi-gate FET disposed over the first multi-gate FET, the second multi-gate FET including a second active region. The first active region and the second active region are not fully projected in a vertical direction perpendicular to the substrate.

Claims (32)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first multi-gate field effect transistor (FET) disposed over a substrate, the first multi-gate FET including a first active region extending on a first horizontal plane; and

a second multi-gate FET disposed over the first multi-gate FET, the second multi-gate FET including a second active region extending on a second horizontal plane parallel to the first horizontal plane;

wherein the first multi-gate FET further includes a first metal contact region disposed over the first active region and a second metal contact region disposed over the first active region;

wherein the second multi-gate FET further includes a third metal contact region disposed over the second active region and a fourth metal contact region disposed over the second active region; and

wherein the first metal contact region and the third metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from a vertical direction, and the second metal contact region and the fourth metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from the vertical direction.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first active region and the second active region have different conductivity types from each other.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a first projection of the second active region on the first horizontal plane partially overlaps with the first active region.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a first projection of the second active region on the first horizontal plane and the first active region do not overlap.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a first area of the first active region is smaller than a second area of the second active region.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a first area of the first active region is equal to a second area of the second active region.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a first area of the first active region is larger than a second area of the second active region.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second metal contact region and the third metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from the vertical direction.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first multi-gate FET includes a first gate region adjacent to a plurality of side surfaces of the first active region, and the second multi-gate FET includes a second gate region adjacent to a plurality of side surfaces of the second active region.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the first gate region and the second gate region are separate.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the first gate region and the second gate region are connected.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a first width of the first active region is equal to a second width of the second active region.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a first width of the first active region is different from a second width of the second active region.

14 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first multi-gate field effect transistor (FET) disposed over a substrate, the first multi-gate FET including a first active region extending on a first horizontal plane; and

a second multi-gate FET disposed over the first multi-gate FET, the second multi-gate FET including a second active region extending on a second horizontal plane parallel to the first horizontal plane;

wherein the first active region and the second active region do not fully overlap when viewed from a vertical direction perpendicular to the first horizontal plane, and

wherein the first multi-gate FET includes a first metal contact region disposed over the first active region and a second metal contact region disposed over the first active region and the second multi-gate FET includes a third metal contact region disposed over the second active region and a fourth metal contact region disposed over the second active region, the first metal contact region and the third metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from a vertical direction, and the second metal contact region and the fourth metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from the vertical direction.

15 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second metal contact region and the fourth metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from the vertical direction.

16 . The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein a first projection of the second active region on the first horizontal plane partially overlaps with the first active region.

17 . The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein a first projection of the second active region on the first horizontal plane and the first active region do not overlap.

18 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first multi-gate field effect transistor (FET) disposed over a substrate, the first multi-gate FET including a first active region extending on a first horizontal plane, a first metal contact region disposed over the first active region, and a second metal contact region disposed over the first active region; and

a second multi-gate FET disposed over the first multi-gate FET, the second multi-gate FET including a second active region extending on a second horizontal plane parallel to the first horizontal plane, a third metal contact region disposed over the second active region, and a fourth metal contact region disposed over the second active region;

wherein the first active region and the second active region do not fully overlap when viewed from a vertical direction perpendicular to the first horizontal plane, the first metal contact region and the third metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from a vertical direction, and the second metal contact region and the fourth metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from the vertical direction.

19 . The semiconductor device of claim 18 , wherein the second metal contact region and the third metal contact region do not fully overlap when viewed from the vertical direction.

20 . The semiconductor device of claim 18 , wherein the first multi-gate FET includes a first gate region adjacent to a plurality of side surfaces of the first active region, and the second multi-gate FET includes a second gate region adjacent to a plurality of side surfaces of the second active region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2022
From: LI, HUI-WEN
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060855/0114 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2022
From: LU, ZE-SIAN; CHIANG, TING-WEI; SUE, PIN-DAI; CHEN, JUNG-HSUAN; LI, WENDY
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060608/0557 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16803261 · Feb 27, 2020
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